CYPHER CAT/A
FROM IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 2036
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TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
30 SEPTEMBER 1968
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ADDRESSED CO TELEGRAM NO. 2036 OF 30TH SEPTEMBER REPEATED
PA SINGAPORE WASHINGTON CANBERRA AND SAVING TO PEKING.
FOR COMMONWEALTH OFFICE AND CABINET OFFICE FOR JIC. FOLLOWING
FROM LIC. WEEKLY ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION AS AT 0600 HOURS
30TH SEPTEMBER 1968 FOLLOWS. THE PRINCIPAL FEATURES OF THE PERICD
HAVE BEEN:
CA) CONTINUING CELEBRATIONS MARKING THE C.P.G. NATIONAL DAY
WITH FURTHER WIDE PUBLICITY IN THE COMMUNIST PRESS WHICH CONTAINS
EXAGGERATED CLAIMS OF ATTENDANCE. NUMBERS PARTICIPATING IN THE
CELEBRATIONS REMAIN MUCH THE SAME AS LAST YEAR. GLORIFICATION OF
MAO IS THE CENTRAL THEME AT ALL FUNCTIONS, WITH LITTLE REFERENCE
TO THE LOCAL 'STRUGGLE. COMMUNIST OFFICIALS HAVE COMMENTED THAT
MANY ARE 'TCO ALIKE' AND 'BORING'. A BAN ON TWO PUBLIC CELEBRATION
FILM SHOWS IN VILLAGES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WAS OBSERVED BY
LOCAL COMMUNISTS ON 29TH SEPTEMBER, WHO CONTINUED WITH THE PERMITTED
REMAINDER OF THE FUNCTIONS.
(B) SOME EVIDENCE OF INCREASING REFERENCES AMONG COMMUNIST RANK
AND FILE TO PLANS FOR HOLDING A FIREWORK DISPLAYFROM A C.P.G. OR
COMMUNIST OWNED VESSEL IN THE HARBOUR ON 1ST OCTOBER. AT THE
WEEKEND THE COMMUNIST PRESS CONTAINED A STRONG ATTACK ON THE
GOVERNMENT FIREWORK BAN, BUT CONCLUDED THAT IT WOULD BE ANSWERED
BY MORE ENTHUSIASTIC CELEBRATIONS SEMICOLON IT DID NOT MENTION
DEFIANCE.
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